From: kevinmcelhone@live.co.uk.geentroep (Kevin McElhone) To: Mechanical Music Digest , Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 01:24:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: FS: Estate Collection in England I have just released for sale today the first 'Musical Estate Collection' of 2019, The John Hensel Collection. It is located in Hampshire UK and all items except books will have to be collected in person as the family are not able to ship anything. Please ask for photos of any particular lots. I have photos here, but not enough to make a book this time so they will be sent out by e-mail. If you would like an appointment to view do contact me. Kevin McElhone Kettering, Northamptonshire, England kevinmcelhone@live.co.uk.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply] - - - JH01. Daniel Le Coultre 1810-1850 cylinder box, Serial No. 11873, with tune sheet. Plays well. Internal lever wind. Fruitwood case has been restored No t/sheet 4 tunes including Rule Britannia and the National Anthem, both are ornamental arrangements. 8 inch barrel, c.100 teeth. £475.00 JH02. Nicole Freres Cylinder Musical Box with 3 control levers. Box no. 4475 (cost £186 in 1986). 107 teeth, 11 inch cylinder, internal lever wind. £595.00 JH04. Cylinder Musical box, 6" cylinder, 4 airs including The Girl I Left Behind Me. 1 tooth broken, comb has 67 teeth. Lever wind? Serial Numbers found on tune-sheet are 4008 and 2641. £395.00 JH11. Britannia Disc Musical Box 51/2", clockwork with serrated edge driven discs. The motor is weak and disc wobbles out of driving cog but by winding fully and holding the disc horizontal, plays full tune. 11 discs. 1 tooth missing. £245.00 JH12. Polyphon 151/2" single comb table-top model, Serial No.64383 with 28 discs. £995.00 JH13. Polyphon 151/2" table-top Double comb. Serial Number.28604. Restored by Lester Jones (Emsworth Hants) several years ago. Subsequently some of the leaded bass notes failed due to oxidation but John restored them to function. 1 broken tooth. with 27 discs. £2,750.00 JH21. Seraphone 20-note organette. Serial No.71479 Needs some work. Has endless band adaptor. Swell flap missing. With 5 rolls £395.00 JH22. Cabinetto 25-note organette. Rebuilt 2009. New bellows leather and flap valves, new base board. Re-made glass lid. One long paper roll. £475.00 JH23. Improved Celestina 20-note organette good working order. Serial No.20815. Some loops and possibly 4 rolls [not sure about endless band adaptor]. £375.00 JH24. Draper's 14-note English Organette. Paper-as-valve rolls. Plays quite well. Many thick cardboard loops. £295.00 JH25. Play-a-sax 16 note paper roll - mouth-blown 14 rolls included £95.00 JH26. Ariston 24-note German Reed Organette made in Leipzig, possibly serial No.473986 playing cardboard discs model 10 with 27 discs £425.00 JH27. Cabinet Roller Organ 20-note. Made in USA, sold by Campbells in Glasgow. Dated 25th August 1902. 12 cobs included + 7 blanks £495.00 JH28. Amorette or Atlas 18 note Organette, playing metal discs, 17 included. Has woodworm damage. £350.00 JH31. Black Forest Organ clock. 8 tunes, 22 pipes, pinned barrel. (one pipe missing when purchased, a replacement has been made but should be redone). It is weight driven, 2 for clock, larger one for bellows. No case or face. £750.00 JH32. 1850 Church barrel organ by T.C.Bates, London. 19 Keys. I have started making to add to its repertoire. 8 tunes barrel - 6 hymns + 2 chants for psalms - tune sheet listing for 4 barrels of 11 tunes. 3 ranks of pipes. 142cm high x 83cm wide x 47cm deep. £1,750.00 JH33. Chamber barrel organ built by Ian Alderman in 1984 with 30 keys. One pinned barrel with Mozart tunes. 3 spare barrels to pin. Poor volume due to weak pallet springs. looks like it is constructed of Mahogany. £1250.00 JH34. Alan Pell 27 keyless organ made 1984 mounted in a towable trailer. Manual or electric. Plenty of music books, 4 hours+ worth. Mostly traditional songs/tunes plus Carols and Geordie, American and Glenn Miller melodies. £3,995.00 JH35. Storey and Clark 58-note roll playing harmonium reed organ. Oak Case. 10-stops. Clockwork/pedal driven. Plus 200 rolls Dimensions 113 x 118 x 70 £995.00 JH36. Old English chamber organ. Casson Positive Manual organ with electric blower needs minor adjustment, but was restored in 1982. Not mechanical but it was planned to use a push-up piano player modified to size to play it - see item JH41. 5 Speaking stops, plus tremulant and coupler. 240 x 140 x 88 £500.00 JH41. Pianola Pushup pneumatic mechanism piano player, 65-note with retailers label from Dyson and Son Croydon. Dimensions 92x114x38. No rolls included. £100.00 [BUT Kevin McElhone has 200+ rolls for sale] JH42. Steck Duo-Art upright Pedal-Electric Player Piano. GWO. 88 note tracker bar. 125cm X 150cm X 75cm Piano + 300 rolls £1,450.00 Plus around 3000 rolls are available separately, not lists, caller only for these. The rolls will be available in smaller lots than perhaps 100 at a time - please ask. JH43. Spanish 10-tune Barrel piano c.1930? - c.48" wide. Painted red. The lowest 24 notes have gravity dampers. There are 5 Bells and a total of 56 Piano Keys. In need of some restoration. maker unknown. size is 120cm high x 120cm wide x 60cm deep. £200.00 JH44. English Barrel Piano. possibly 44 keys counted. Needs restoration and repair. Cover above barrel may not be correct or original. Spare barrel. Possibly made by Rossi & Spinelli. Size 142 x 94 x 61. £250.00 JH90. Herman Thorens 4-air Cylinder Musical Box, 21/2" cylinder, 43 teeth. Surprisingly loud volume on a resonant surface, popular music hall tunes of the day...1906-08. It has a price label of 16/6d, original tune-sheet. £80.00 JH91. Novelty Modern Chinese Singing Bird in Cage. £15 JH92. Early c.20th Manivelle - square one has a tune Patience Duet. £12 JH93. Early c.20th Manivelle - round. Cats on Front, French label underneath. £18 JH94. Early c.20th Manivelle - Round. faded picture. Plays Home, Sweet Home. £15.00 JH95. Larger Herman Thorens manivelle on ribbon to wear around neck with 3 tunes but 9 teeth need replacing in the 2 combs. Picture of couple on see-saw on the top. £40.00 JH97. The Encyclopedia of Mechanical Musical Instruments by Q.D. Bowers [softcover] £45.00 JH99. Book - Barrel Organ Arthur W J G Ord-Hume £25 JH100. Book - Restoring Musical Organs and Clocks A.W.J.G.Ord-Hume £25 JH101. Book - The Disc Music Box Kevin A McElhone £50.00 Do remember Kevin has plenty of music for sale to fit most of these and many other instruments. - - -